Patching cosmetics before balance..

Thanks for the positive feedback, I'm sure this will launch Bioware into action.

It's because graphics are the thing everyone notices and gets called out. Obvious bugs and glitches like the ones that made ME:A a joke before it was even released can sink a game.

95% of players don't even notice things like balance. As long as they can kill things and progress through the game at a stead rate they're happy.

Different skillsets, silly. A 3D artist wouldn't be any good at balancing combat. Put him on something he knows how to do.

Well hell, man, there's your problem. Wrong part of the forum. They'll be sure to read this in the Multiplayer section, for sure. Right?

Yeah, they chose to fix the thing that made them a laughing stock and hurt the image of the product over the optional multiplayer component. Go figure.

The thing is multiplayer balance ALWAYS takes place. They did it throughout ME3MP, they do it in Titanfall 2 and Battlefield 1 and Battlefront. They constantly work to balance the multiplayer part of games, but don't announce they are doing it because people are usually smart enough to know that that is occurring.

Alternatively, graphical upgrades and fixes to SP issues like eyes and CC don't usually happen, so they announce stuff like that. Also because that's what people have been complaining about the loudest. It's a much more visible problem.

And, as others have mentioned, different teams work on MP balance vs eye graphics.

They will work on balance and announce balance changes periodically. It's also good to see how players do for a while and at higher levels before balancing, as people will get better with skills and kits, so buffing them early means nerfing them later.